Crane.



No. 778,584. PATENTED DEC. 27, 1904. W. N. ECKLE.

v CRANE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3 l 1 9 O 4 UNITED STATES Patented December 27,1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

CRANE.

STBECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,534, datedDecember 27, 1904:.

Application filed May 31,1904. Serial No. 210,468.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LWVILLIAM N. EoKLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Madison Mills, in the county of Fayette and State of Ohio,have invented new and useful Improvements in Cranes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention is a device which will be found particularly serviceablein lifting operations, being by nature a crane suitable particularly forstacking hay, loading and unloading, hoisting, and in other uses inwhich a fixed or movable crane may be serviceable.

Improvement is particularly claimed with respect to the means forsupporting a swinging boom and for supporting a winch by which the boomis operated.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewillustrating the device. Fig. 2 is a detail in perspective of the top ofthe post.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates a post supportedupon sills 7, with braces therebetween, as at 8.

9 indicates a conical casting, the shank 10 of which is mortised intothe top of the post, where it may be fastened by bolts or otherwlse.

A casting 11 is mounted upon the head 9, said casting having therein arecess which receives said head, whereby the parts may be turned in anydirection in a horizontal plane. At the top the casting 11 is forked, asat 12, and the boom or lever 13 is pivoted between the forks, swingingfreely in a vertical plane.

The winch comprises a drum 1 1, which is carried at the ends of arms 15,projecting from the casting 11, and these arms are supported by a brace16, which extends from the top of the casting 11 to connection with aforked piece 17, which spans the drum and is bolted to thesupporting-arm 15. The drum is 0perated by the crank 18 and has a pawland ratchet at 19 to prevent back slip. The rope 20 is connected to theend of the boom and to the drum, and the winch operates the former in anobvious manner.

The conical castings at the top of the post provide a construction bymeans of which the parts can be easily separated for transportation orother purposes. The casting 11, together with the boom and the winch,may be readily lifted off the post and may be as readily replacedWithout taking out or putting in any bolts. A crane of considerablepower or weight may thus be made available for transportation, and theparts may be loaded upon a wagon or the like and carried from place toplace as may be needed.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a crane, in combination, a post having at the top a conical head, acap having a conical recess in which said head fits, a boom fulcrumed onsaid cap, and a winch supported on the cap and having its rope connectedto th boom.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM N. EOKLE. Witnesses:

J. W. YoRE, H. W. WILSON.

